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Einstein in Oxford

The first book devoted to Einstein’s relationship with Oxford

Author: Andrew Robinson
Hardback, 96 pages, 198 x 129 mm, c. 18 b&w illustrations
ISBN: 9781851246380
September 2024, Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford

“‘The unique mingling of science and humanity, formality and informality in his relationship with Oxford reveals another fascinating, less familiar, episode of the Einstein story.’ —Silke Ackermann, Director, History of Science Museum, from the Foreword.

Albert Einstein visited Oxford in 1931, to receive an honorary degree and to lecture on relativity and the Universe.

While lecturing, he naturally chalked equations and diagrams on several blackboards. One of these is today the most popular object in Oxford’s History of Science Museum, attracting visitors from around the globe. A ‘relic of a secular saint’, says the museum.

Yet Einstein tried to prevent the blackboard’s preservation because he was modest about his legendary status.

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